Situated between Ponte Vecchio and Ponte alla Carraia, it is named after the nearby church of Santa Trinità ( Holy Trinity) and it is one of the most beautiful bridges in Italy and among the most elegant in Europe. The beauty and elegance of the bridge is due not only to the line of arches, but also to the acute supporting pillars which avoid the logs to be caught during floods, the white cartouches on the arches and the four allegorical statues that decorate the corners, depicting the four seasons. They were placed in 1608, two are by Pietro Francavilla, a 17th century sculptor (Spring and Winter) and two by Giovanni Caccini (Summer and Autumn). If you take a look from the river, the four statues, seem to follow the sailor with their eyes.

Attractiveness: Very high. The Bridge is located in the part of the city most visited by tourists and by the Florentines. It is not only the bridge from which you can take a photo of the adjacent Ponte Vecchio, but it is also the access to the city centre from Via Maggio towards Via Tornabuoni, the most important fashion brands street in the city.

Historical and artistic information: It was originally a wooden bridge that connected Via Tornabuoni to the other bank of the river Arno. It fell down in 1259 under the weight of the crowd that was watching a show on the Arno, and the monks architects Giovanni and Ristoro built it up again. It was rebuilt in stone, but it broke down under the pressure of the great flood in1333 that spared only Ponte alle Grazie. The subsequent reconstruction was completed in 1415. In 1557 another flood swept away the bridge, but allowed the construction of the present structure.
Cosimo I de’ Medici commissioned Bartolomeo Ammannati to build a new bridge, more durable and more beautiful, that was up to the importance of Via Tornabuoni and Via Maggio, where many noble families of the Medici court had settled down. Works began in 1567. Three years later the bridge was completed, and immediately struck for its elegance and for the new design of the arches. The bridge was destroyed by the retreating Germans on August 4th 1944 and was later rebuilt where it was and like it was on 16th May 1958. The four decorative statues were fished out, but the head of Spring was not found until 1961.